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Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of the Greater Southwest!
Saturday April 14, 2001
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NEW MEXICO
http://www.theage.com.au:80/news/2001/04/14/FFXR55HTGLC.html The town's population is 20,000. That number doubles on the weekends when Navajos and farm workers come in from outlying areas to shop and party. Gallup is not quite "Sobriety, USA" and alcohol remains the number one problem. But things have improved.
NEW JOB OPPORTUNITIES (AZ)
All opportunities posted at
UTAH
http://www.sltrib.com:80/04132001/friday/88362.htm Weber State University will hold its 30th annual Native American Emphasis week through April 21. Powwows have been adopted by tribes as a cultural experience that exposes American Indians to new tribes.
http://www.sltrib.com:80/04132001/utah/88424.htm One of the oldest buildings in this Salt Lake Valley community is undergoing a major renovation.
CALIFORNIA
http://www.sfgate.com:80/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/04/12/MNL151877.DTL The Juana Briones house is one of only four remaining "rammed earth" houses in California. The site is listed on California's Register of Historic Places, but the house is not. Briones' mother, Ysidora Tapia, was among the Juan Bautista de Anza expedition that in the late 1700s founded the Presidio and Mission Dolores in San Francisco.
HISTORIC PLACES
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1002,195%257E18134,00.html Route 66 was commissioned in 1926. The West it penetrated was still wild enough, still mythical enough to frighten or entice travelers. It was a slender river of concrete, macadam and white paint, a man-made link from the Mississippi to America's western edge. The abstraction of Route 66 is paved where fiction and fact are inextricably bonded.
http://www.usnewswire.com/topnews/Current_Releases/0413-101.html The National Trust for Historic Preservation announced the selection of the Dozen Distinctive Destinations for this year's list of the best preserved and unique communities in the U.S. "These are marvelously American locations that typify our country's small towns, close communities, and celebrated heritage."
http://www.realcolumbus.com/rc/life/docs/08156960.htm Ford's Theater and the Petersen House where Lincoln died, are historic gems. But from there, the spots associated with the Booth flight must battle developers for dominance. Experts say development threatens to permanently cover the assassin's tracks. Louise Mudd Arehart, the 83-year-old granddaughter of Dr. Mudd, is trying to rally support to fight development.
PRIZE-WINNING MANUSCRIPT
http://www.journalstar.com/native?story_id=77 Phyllis Ann Fast, a Koyukon Athabascan, earned a Ph.D. in anthropology from Harvard University. She is especially interested in the ways Native people succeed in the United States despite political, social and racial obstacles. Fast's winning manuscript is expected to be released by the University of Nebraska Press in fall 2002.
OBITUARIES
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/08/obituaries/08RATH.html Frederick Rath, a pioneer of historical conservation in a country devoted to replacement and redevelopment, died on April 1 in Cooperstown, NY. Mr. Rath served from 1949 to 1956 as the director of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Mr. Rath's approach to conservation sought to keep historic sites integrated in the life of local communities by encouraging commercial activity, rather than having the two isolated from each other.
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/13/obituaries/13SCHU.html Richard Evans Schultes, a swashbuckling scientist and influential Harvard University educator who was widely considered the preeminent authority on hallucinogenic and medicinal plants, died on Tuesday in Boston. A number of these medicinal plants now carry his name.
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